I remember going to a department store in Santa Monica in 1984 to buy a dress shirt. I told the young lady who was the sales clerk that if she could find a shirt made in the US that I would by it. She could not find one. Granted they were not all made in China but the majority were Asian. This is not new. I made do until I could get to Brooks Brothers for a USA made shirt. Now most of the Brooks Brothers shirts are made overseas.
Then you could spot the Taiwan, Malaysian and Chinese products because of inferior design or quality. Now with design either coming from outside or heavily influenced with years of experience even the quality is better.
I worked for a team in the late 70's sponsored by the guy who started the Style Auto line of jackets and clothing which some may remember. Cheep looking and cheaply made in Korea. The guy would send over to the Korean garment factory a sample jacket with the designs / logos he wanted safety pined onto the sample. Sometimes the idea was lost in the translation.
He wanted a red Ferrari jacket with the prancing horse logo along with Good Year and others on the back. Not having a good example of the logo he pined a piece of paper on the back with the words "Ferrari Logo" hand written across it. The picture below shows what he got back - 1000 of them. When I asked what he did with them without hesitation he said I'm selling them. That summer I saw one on a guy at a race track and couldn't resist asking him to pose for a picture. He had no idea.
Maybe this was a picture of where the US was heading. This was 30 years ago!
